As landלָאָרֶץit shall beיִהְיֶהhisלּוֹas a possessionלַאֲחֻזָּהin Israel;בְּיִשְׂרָאֵלandוְmy chiefsנְשִׂיאַיshall notלֹאoppressיוֹנוּmy peopleעַמִּיany longer,עוֹדbut the landוְהָאָרֶץthey shall giveיִתְּנוּto the houseלְבֵיתof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלaccording to their tribes.לְשִׁבְטֵיהֶם
Ezekiel 45:8
Study it in the app“As land it shall be his as a possession in Israel; and my chiefs shall not oppress my people any longer, but the land they shall give to the house of Israel according to their tribes.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 45:8, word by word
- As landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- it shall beיִהְיֶהyihye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihye” appears- as a possessionאֲחֻזָּהachuza
possession
Possession: land that someone holds as his own.
Where else “achuza” appears- in Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- my chiefsנְשִׂיאַnesia
chief
Literally "one lifted up": the leader of a tribe or clan.
Where else “nesia” appears- oppressיוֹנוּyonu
mistreat, oppress
Mistreat, oppress; take advantage of someone weaker.
Where else “yonu” appears- my peopleעַמִּami
Ammi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “ami” appears- they shall giveיִתְּנוּyitnu
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yitnu” appears- to the houseבֵיתvet
dynasty
Someone's descendants: "the house of David".
Where else “vet” appears- according to their tribesשִׁבְטֵיshivte
tribe
Literally "the rod": one of the twelve great clans of Israel.
Where else “shivte” appears
The context
7And to the chief shall belong land on one side and on the other of the holy contribution and of the possession of the city, facing the holy contribution and facing the possession of the city, from the side of the sea toward the sea and from the side of the east toward the east, and its length corresponding to one of the portions, from the border of the sea to the border of the east.
8 · This verse (above)
9Thus says Adonai YHWH: Enough for you, chiefs of Israel! Remove violence and destruction, and do justice and righteousness; lift your evictions off my people, declares Adonai YHWH.